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The Bluffer's Guide to Literature - Michael Kerrigan - Page 5

The "Bluffer's Guide" is a series of short, sarcastically witty guidebooks that enable a Bluffer to give the impression that they are an expert in something highly valued.... like, say, literature.
Michael Kerrigan wrote this one. It's a bit of an idiosyncratic list of books: a lot of prose, a lot of poetry, a smattering of plays, and some diehard books on literary theory right at the end, so you look really clever. Where just an author's name was mentioned, I chose a representative book.
The topics are: Britain, the United States, Post-War, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Rest of the World, a diversity section (1980s-level), and Critical Theory.
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The Mosquito Coast (Paul Theroux)
The Mosquito Coast
161
Paul Theroux
The City and the Pillar (Gore Vidal)
The City and the Pillar
162
Gore Vidal
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
163
Don Delillo
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
164
Joyce Carol Oates
Foreign Affairs (Alison Lurie)
Foreign Affairs
165
Alison Lurie
Illumination Night (Alice Hoffman)
Illumination Night
166
Alice Hoffman
Collected Poems of Philip Larkin (Philip Larkin)
Collected Poems of Philip Larkin
167
Philip Larkin
Collected Poems (Thom Gunn)
Collected Poems
168
Thom Gunn
Poems (Donald Davie)
Poems
169
Donald Davie
Weep Before God (John Wain)
Weep Before God
170
John Wain
Collected Poems (Kingsley Amis)
Collected Poems
171
Kingsley Amis
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
172
The New Poetry (A. Alvarez)
The New Poetry
173
A. Alvarez
Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
174
Seamus Heaney
Fieldwork (Seamus Heaney)
Fieldwork
175
Seamus Heaney
Station Island (Seamus Heaney)
Station Island
176
Seamus Heaney
The Haw Lantern (Seamus Heaney)
The Haw Lantern
177
Seamus Heaney
Autumn Journal: A Poem (Louis Macneice)
Autumn Journal: A Poem
178
Louis Macneice
Radio Plays (Louis Macneice)
Radio Plays
179
Louis Macneice
The Great Hunger (Patrick Kavanagh)
The Great Hunger
180
Patrick Kavanagh
Collected Poems (Derek Mahon)
Collected Poems
181
Derek Mahon
A State of Justice (Tom Paulin)
A State of Justice
182
Tom Paulin
The Strange Museum (Tom Paulin)
The Strange Museum
183
Tom Paulin
Liberty Tree (Tom Paulin)
Liberty Tree
184
Tom Paulin
The Riot Act (Tom Paulin)
The Riot Act
185
Tom Paulin
Meeting the British (Paul Muldoon)
Meeting the British
186
Paul Muldoon
Why Brownlee Left (Paul Muldoon)
Why Brownlee Left
187
Paul Muldoon
Quoof (Paul Muldoon)
Quoof
188
Paul Muldoon
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (Craig Raine)
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
189
Craig Raine
The Electrification of the Soviet Union (Craig Raine)
The Electrification of the Soviet Union
190
Craig Raine
Arcadia (Christopher Reid)
Arcadia
191
Christopher Reid
Partingtime Hall (James Fenton & John Fuller)
Partingtime Hall
192
James Fenton & John Fuller
Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984 (Andrew Motion)
Dangerous Play: Poems 1974-1984
193
Andrew Motion
Our Western Furniture (James Fenton)
Our Western Furniture
194
James Fenton
Collected Poems (Geoffrey Hill)
Collected Poems
195
Geoffrey Hill
Collected Poems (Tony Harrison)
Collected Poems
196
Tony Harrison
Selected Poems (Jeremy Reed)
Selected Poems
197
Jeremy Reed
Ukulele Music (Peter Reading)
Ukulele Music
198
Peter Reading
Stet (Peter Reading)
Stet
199
Peter Reading
News for Babylon (James Berry)
News for Babylon
200
James Berry
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